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Things are gonna get feisty and something may even bubble up in your soul. Robyn Henderson-Espinoza is on the podcast today talking activist theology. Not only is Robyn a PhD in constructive philosophical theology and ethics, a queer activist, a public theologian – Robyn is the activist theologian. #GoActivistTheology In this episode Robyn and Tripp ask… Read more about Activist Theology with Robyn Henderson-Espinoza #GoActivistTheology

Things are gonna get feisty and something may even bubble up in your soul.

Robyn Henderson-Espinoza is on the podcast today talking activist theology. Not only is Robyn a PhD in constructive philosophical theology and ethics, a queer activist, a public theologian - Robyn is the activist theologian. #GoActivistTheology

In this episode Robyn and Tripp ask

• how can we, in both the church and activist communities, be one and not the same at the same time?
• how are norms are driving our values and the logic of dominance?
• is there a way to build a bridge between white, liberal progressives and radical revolutionaries?

Robyn talks about being in Charlottesville and Berkeley, white fragility, intersectionality, and their upcoming book on activist theology. Plus, Tripp and Robyn talk about the beer scene in the US, the politics of radical difference and IPAs, and the potential for beer to become another arm of empire!

Robyn suggests checking out Antonia Gramsci and the Question of Religion: Ideology, Ethics, and Hegemony and Resistance Guide: How to Sustain the Movement to Win. You can learn more about Robyn and their work at irobyn.com and on twitter.

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This is the only protest where you get to drink in a church 500 years later. That’s right, this is the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, and to celebrate, we’re live from Cary, North Carolina at Christ the King Lutheran Church with Pastors Daniel Pugh and Wolfgang Herz-Lane. They talk about why, 500 years… Read more about Reformation 500th Birthday Celebration LIVE from North Carolina

This is the only protest where you get to drink in a church 500 years later. That’s right, this is the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, and to celebrate, we’re live from Cary, North Carolina at Christ the King Lutheran Church with Pastors Daniel Pugh and Wolfgang Herz-Lane. They talk about why, 500 years… Read more about Reformation 500th Birthday Celebration LIVE from North Carolina

This is the only protest where you get to drink in a church 500 years later.

That's right, this is the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, and to celebrate, we're live from Cary, North Carolina at Christ the King Lutheran Church with Pastors Daniel Pugh and Wolfgang Herz-Lane. They talk about why, 500 years later, they decide to continue the protest and be on team Luther, the significance of the real presence in the Eucharist, how to deal with negative attention for being active in social and racial justice, and the timelessness of the gospel.

Then, Glen Jonas and Adam English, professors of church history and theology at Campbell University (they were also Tripp's professors in undergrad) are up to get nerdy and play some theological games. Tripp first pretends that he's a 19 year old in an intro to Christianity course, then he gives both Dr. Jonas and Dr. English 5 propositions in the nerdiest language he can muster, forcing one to defend and the other to argue against (dedicated listeners will recognize this as au contraire mon frère), and finally Dr. Jonas and Dr. English give us they questions they think we should be losing sleep over:

• why should I read Luther when he was an anti-Semite?
• what's the big deal with all this sinner and grace stuff?
• was the printing press really responsible for the success of the Reformation?
• did the Reformation set in motion secularization?
• what is the future of Protestant Christianity?
• would Luther think Tripp is too much like Erasmus?

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In this episode, we are talking about the new film, I’ll Push You, a documentary about two friends – Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray – as they travel across El Camino de Santiago. While on its face, this is a story about a spiritual pilgrimage, it is also a story about so much more: friendship, community, pain, and… Read more about I’ll Push You: Friendship, Faith, and Community on El Camino de Santiago

In this episode, we are talking about the new film, I’ll Push You, a documentary about two friends – Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray – as they travel across El Camino de Santiago. While on its face, this is a story about a spiritual pilgrimage, it is also a story about so much more: friendship, community, pain, and… Read more about I’ll Push You: Friendship, Faith, and Community on El Camino de Santiago

In this episode, we are talking about the new film, I'll Push You, a documentary about two friends - Justin Skeesuck and Patrick Gray - as they travel across El Camino de Santiago. While on its face, this is a story about a spiritual pilgrimage, it is also a story about so much more: friendship, community, pain, and joy.

Up first, Tripp talks with Ryan Parker about how he found out about the film, why this documentary is very different from most, and the shortcomings of most faith-based films. Tripp shares his favorite moments, how he'd use the movie for a high school youth retreat, and why he likens it to the Lord of the Rings.

Plus, the threat of social media and online spaces replacing in-person gatherings, what gift the church can offer in light of that, the temptations we face in a faith community, and the importance of friendship in the gospel.

Then, Nathan interviews Justin, Patrick, and director Terry Parish. Click here to watch the trailer, and check out if there will be a screening of the film (on November 2nd) in a theater near you.

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Steven Knapp, (recently) former president of George Washington University, long time friend and collaborator with Philip Clayton, scholar of literature, Romanticism, and literary theory is on the podcast. While Steven has been a part of many podcast related events, this is his first solo interview.

In it, he'll share about his intellectual and spiritual journey, his cross-disciplinary career in the academy and church, how the political tumult in the late 60s and early 70s, long nights reading German philosophers, and an Advent sermon on Bonhoeffer reignited his faith. He describes his conversion experience, which occurred while reading Kierkegaard, and how an interest in Pannenberg brought together Steven and Phil and sparked their future work on the relationship between rational inquiry, science, and the Christian tradition, ultimately leading to The Predicament of Belief

Steven and Tripp also discuss how literary criticism and the postmodern movements of deconstruction have positively and negatively shaped the discourse surrounding theological reflection and higher education, the specialization of academia, the crisis in the humanities and in the church and how the dissolution of the canon is connected to that, how and why students are more religiously engaged today. Free speech and safe space issues, the mischaracterization of millennials, the challenges of financing higher education, and Steven's advice for those thinking about pursuing higher education are all part of this nerdy episode.

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Steven Knapp, (recently) former president of George Washington University, long time friend and collaborator with Philip Clayton, scholar of literature, Romanticism, and literary theory is on the podcast. While Steven has been a part of many podcast related events, this is his first solo interview. In it, he’ll share about his intellectual and spiritual journey,… Read more about A Skeptical Faith in the University with Steven Knapp